H5224 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 25, 2012 

Kucinich 

Lance 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Lee (CA) 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Luja ́n 

Lynch 

Maloney 

Markey 

Matsui 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McNerney 

Meeks 

Michaud 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Moore 

Moran 

Murphy (CT) 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal 

Olver 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Pelosi 

Perlmutter 

Peters 

Pingree (ME) 

Polis 

Price (NC) 

Quigley 

Rangel 

Reyes 

Richardson 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Runyan 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, David 

Serrano 

Sewell 

Sherman 

Sires 

Slaughter 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (WA) 

Speier 

Stark 

Sutton 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Tierney 

Tonko 

Towns 

Tsongas 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Waxman 

Welch 

Wilson (FL) 

Woolsey 

Yarmuth 

NOT VOTING—8 

Buerkle 

Garamendi 

Hirono 

Jackson (IL) 

Jackson Lee 

(TX) 

Richmond 

Sessions 

Stivers 

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So the bill was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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PRESIDENT OBAMA’S PROPOSED 

2012–2017 OFFSHORE DRILLING 

LEASE SALE PLAN ACT 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the 

bill (H.R. 6168) to direct the Secretary 

of the Interior to implement the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf 

Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017) 

in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and other applicable law, on which the yeas and nays 

were ordered. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion offered by 

the gentleman from Washington (Mr. 

HASTINGS) that the House suspend the 

rules and pass the bill. 

This will be a 5-minute vote. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 164, nays 

261, not voting 6, as follows: 

[Roll No. 512] 

YEAS—164 

Ackerman 

Andrews 

Baca 

Baldwin 

Barber 

Bass (CA) 

Becerra 

Berkley 

Berman 

Bishop (NY) 

Blumenauer 

Bonamici 

Boswell 

Brady (PA) 

Braley (IA) 

Brown (FL) 

Butterfield 

Capps 

Capuano 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Castor (FL) 

Chandler 

Chu 

Cicilline 

Clarke (MI) 

Clarke (NY) 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Cohen 

Connolly (VA) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costello 

Courtney 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Cummings 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

DeLauro 

Deutch 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Doyle 

Edwards 

Ellison 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Farr 

Frank (MA) 

Fudge 

Gonzalez 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Grijalva 

Gutierrez 

Hahn 

Hanabusa 

Hastings (FL) 

Heinrich 

Higgins 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Israel 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Kaptur 

Keating 

Kildee 

Kind 

Kissell 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Lee (CA) 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Luja ́n 

Lynch 

Maloney 

Markey 

Matsui 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McNerney 

Meeks 

Michaud 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Moore 

Moran 

Murphy (CT) 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal 

Olver 

Pastor (AZ) 

Pelosi 

Perlmutter 

Peters 

Pingree (ME) 

Polis 

Price (NC) 

Rangel 

Reyes 

Richardson 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Scott, David 

Serrano 

Sewell 

Sherman 

Shuler 

Sires 

Slaughter 

Smith (WA) 

Speier 

Stark 

Sutton 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Tierney 

Tonko 

Towns 

Tsongas 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Waxman 

Welch 

Wilson (FL) 

Woolsey 

Yarmuth 

NAYS—261 

Adams 

Aderholt 

Akin 

Alexander 

Altmire 

Amash 

Amodei 

Austria 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Barletta 

Barrow 

Bartlett 

Barton (TX) 

Bass (NH) 

Benishek 

Berg 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (UT) 

Black 

Blackburn 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boren 

Boustany 

Brady (TX) 

Brooks 

Broun (GA) 

Buchanan 

Bucshon 

Buerkle 

Burgess 

Burton (IN) 

Calvert 

Camp 

Campbell 

Canseco 

Cantor 

Capito 

Cardoza 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Chabot 

Chaffetz 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cole 

Conaway 

Costa 

Cravaack 

Crawford 

Crenshaw 

Critz 

Culberson 

Davis (KY) 

Denham 

Dent 

DesJarlais 

Diaz-Balart 

Dold 

Donnelly (IN) 

Dreier 

Duffy 

Duncan (SC) 

Duncan (TN) 

Ellmers 

Emerson 

Farenthold 

Fattah 

Filner 

Fincher 

Fitzpatrick 

Flake 

Fleischmann 

Fleming 

Flores 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Gallegly 

Gardner 

Garrett 

Gerlach 

Gibbs 

Gibson 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Goodlatte 

Gosar 

Gowdy 

Granger 

Graves (GA) 

Graves (MO) 

Griffin (AR) 

Griffith (VA) 

Grimm 

Guinta 

Guthrie 

Hall 

Hanna 

Harper 

Harris 

Hartzler 

Hastings (WA) 

Hayworth 

Heck 

Hensarling 

Herger 

Herrera Beutler 

Hochul 

Holden 

Huelskamp 

Huizenga (MI) 

Hultgren 

Hunter 

Hurt 

Issa 

Jenkins 

Johnson (OH) 

Johnson, Sam 

Jones 

Jordan 

Kelly 

King (IA) 

King (NY) 

Kingston 

Kinzinger (IL) 

Kline 

Kucinich 

Labrador 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Landry 

Lankford 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lewis (CA) 

LoBiondo 

Long 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Mack 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

Marino 

Matheson 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McHenry 

McIntyre 

McKeon 

McKinley 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

Meehan 

Mica 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Miller, Gary 

Mulvaney 

Murphy (PA) 

Myrick 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Nugent 

Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Owens 

Palazzo 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Paul 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pence 

Peterson 

Petri 

Pitts 

Platts 

Poe (TX) 

Pompeo 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Quayle 

Quigley 

Rahall 

Reed 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Ribble 

Rigell 

Rivera 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Ross (AR) 

Ross (FL) 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ryan (WI) 

Scalise 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, Austin 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Southerland 

Stearns 

Stutzman 

Sullivan 

Terry 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiberi 

Tipton 

Turner (NY) 

Turner (OH) 

Upton 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walsh (IL) 

Webster 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Womack 

Woodall 

Yoder 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 

NOT VOTING—6 

Garamendi 

Hirono 

Jackson (IL) 

Jackson Lee 

(TX) 

Richmond 

Stivers 

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Messrs. HURT, BURTON of Indiana, 

and BARTLETT changed their vote 

from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ 

So (two-thirds not being in the affirmative) the motion was rejected. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

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FEDERAL RESERVE 

TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2012 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the 

bill (H.R. 459) to require a full audit of 

the Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end 

of 2012, and for other purposes, as 

amended, on which the yeas and nays 

were ordered. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion offered by 

the gentleman from California (Mr. 

ISSA) that the House suspend the rules 

and pass the bill, as amended. 

This will be a 5-minute vote. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 327, nays 98, 

not voting 6, as follows: 

[Roll No. 513] 

YEAS—327 

Adams 

Aderholt 

Akin 

Alexander 

Altmire 

Amash 

Amodei 

Austria 

Baca 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Baldwin 

Barber 

Barletta 

Barrow 

Bartlett 

Barton (TX) 

Bass (NH) 

Benishek 

Berg 

Berkley 

Berman 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Bishop (UT) 

Black 

Blackburn 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boustany 

Brady (TX) 

Braley (IA) 

Brooks 

Broun (GA) 

Buchanan 

Bucshon 

Buerkle 

Burgess 

Burton (IN) 

Calvert 

Camp 

Campbell 

Canseco 

Cantor 

Capito 

Carnahan 


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Carter 

Cassidy 

Chabot 

Chaffetz 

Chandler 

Cicilline 

Clarke (MI) 

Clarke (NY) 

Clay 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cohen 

Cole 

Conaway 

Connolly (VA) 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Cravaack 

Crawford 

Crenshaw 

Critz 

Cuellar 

Culberson 

Davis (KY) 

DeFazio 

Denham 

Dent 

DesJarlais 

Diaz-Balart 

Doggett 

Dold 

Donnelly (IN) 

Doyle 

Dreier 

Duffy 

Duncan (SC) 

Duncan (TN) 

Ellmers 

Emerson 

Farenthold 

Farr 

Filner 

Fincher 

Fitzpatrick 

Flake 

Fleischmann 

Fleming 

Flores 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Gallegly 

Gardner 

Garrett 

Gerlach 

Gibbs 

Gibson 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Goodlatte 

Gosar 

Gowdy 

Granger 

Graves (GA) 

Graves (MO) 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Griffin (AR) 

Griffith (VA) 

Grijalva 

Grimm 

Guinta 

Guthrie 

Hahn 

Hall 

Hanna 

Harper 

Harris 

Hartzler 

Hastings (WA) 

Hayworth 

Heck 

Heinrich 

Hensarling 

Herger 

Herrera Beutler 

Higgins 

Hinojosa 

Hochul 

Holden 

Honda 

Huelskamp 

Huizenga (MI) 

Hultgren 

Hunter 

Hurt 

Issa 

Jenkins 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson (OH) 

Johnson, Sam 

Jones 

Jordan 

Kelly 

Kildee 

King (IA) 

King (NY) 

Kingston 

Kinzinger (IL) 

Kissell 

Kline 

Kucinich 

Labrador 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Landry 

Langevin 

Lankford 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lewis (CA) 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Long 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Luja ́n 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Lynch 

Mack 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

Marino 

Matheson 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McGovern 

McHenry 

McIntyre 

McKeon 

McKinley 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

McNerney 

Meehan 

Mica 

Michaud 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Miller, Gary 

Moran 

Mulvaney 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy (PA) 

Myrick 

Nadler 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Nugent 

Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Owens 

Palazzo 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Paul 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pence 

Perlmutter 

Peterson 

Petri 

Pingree (ME) 

Pitts 

Platts 

Poe (TX) 

Polis 

Pompeo 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Quayle 

Quigley 

Rahall 

Reed 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Ribble 

Richardson 

Rigell 

Rivera 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Ross (AR) 

Ross (FL) 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ruppersberger 

Ryan (WI) 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Scalise 

Schiff 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Schrader 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, Austin 

Scott, David 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Sherman 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Smith (WA) 

Southerland 

Speier 

Stearns 

Stutzman 

Sullivan 

Sutton 

Terry 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiberi 

Tierney 

Tipton 

Tonko 

Tsongas 

Turner (OH) 

Upton 

Visclosky 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walsh (IL) 

Walz (MN) 

Waters 

Webster 

Welch 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Womack 

Woodall 

Yarmuth 

Yoder 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 

NAYS—98 

Ackerman 

Andrews 

Bass (CA) 

Becerra 

Blumenauer 

Bonamici 

Brady (PA) 

Brown (FL) 

Butterfield 

Capps 

Capuano 

Cardoza 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Castor (FL) 

Chu 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Crowley 

Cummings 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

DeGette 

DeLauro 

Deutch 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Edwards 

Ellison 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Fattah 

Frank (MA) 

Fudge 

Gonzalez 

Gutierrez 

Hanabusa 

Hastings (FL) 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Holt 

Hoyer 

Israel 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Kaptur 

Keating 

Kind 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Lee (CA) 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Lowey 

Maloney 

Markey 

Matsui 

McCollum 

McDermott 

Meeks 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Moore 

Napolitano 

Neal 

Olver 

Pallone 

Pelosi 

Peters 

Price (NC) 

Rangel 

Reyes 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schwartz 

Serrano 

Sewell 

Shuler 

Sires 

Slaughter 

Stark 

Thompson (MS) 

Towns 

Turner (NY) 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Watt 

Waxman 

Wilson (FL) 

Woolsey 

NOT VOTING—6 

Garamendi 

Hirono 

Jackson (IL) 

Jackson Lee 

(TX) 

Richmond 

Stivers 

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Ms. CLARKE of New York changed 

her vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ 

So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the 

bill, as amended, was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

The title was amended so as to read: 

‘‘A bill to require a full audit of the 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve 

banks by the Comptroller General of 

the United States, and for other purposes.’’. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

Stated against: 

Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, during the vote 

for H.R. 459, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, I voted ‘‘yes’’ for this legislation. 

This was not my intent. I intended to vote 

‘‘no.’’ I strongly believe that the Federal Reserve should remain an independent central 

bank that is free from political influence; therefore, I would like the record to reflect that my 

vote in favor of this legislation was in error, 

and that I would have voted against it. 

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COMMUNICATION FROM THE 

CLERK OF THE HOUSE 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. 

WOODALL) laid before the House the following communication from the Clerk 

of the House of Representatives: 

OFFICE OF THE CLERK, 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

Washington, DC, July 25, 2012. 

Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, 

The Speaker, House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of 

the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on 

July 25, 2012 at 11:33 a.m.: 

That the Senate passed S. 2090. 

Appointments: 

State and Local Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Board. 

Federal Law Enforcement Congressional 

Badge of Bravery Board. 

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board. 

With best wishes, I am 

Sincerely, 

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KAREN L. HAAS. 

RED TAPE REDUCTION AND 

SMALL BUSINESS JOB CREATION 

ACT 

GENERAL LEAVE

Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 

legislative days within which to revise 

and extend their remarks and include 

extraneous materials on H.R. 4078. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from California? 

There was no objection. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 738 and rule 

XVIII, the Chair declares the House in 

the Committee of the Whole House on 

the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 4078. 

The Chair appoints the gentlewoman 

from Michigan (Mrs. MILLER) to preside over the Committee of the Whole. 

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IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

Accordingly, the House resolved 

itself into the Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union for the 

consideration of the bill (H.R. 4078) to 

provide that no agency may take any 

significant regulatory action until the 

unemployment rate is equal to or less 

than 6.0 percent, with Mrs. MILLER of 

Michigan in the chair. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the 

bill is considered read the first time. 

General debate shall be confined to 

the bill and shall not exceed 2 hours 

equally divided and controlled by the 

chair and ranking minority member of 

the Committee on the Judiciary and 

the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform. 

The gentleman from Texas (Mr. 

SMITH), the gentleman from Michigan 

(Mr. CONYERS), the gentleman from 

California (Mr. ISSA), and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. CONNOLLY) 

each will control 30 minutes. 

The Chair recognizes the gentleman 

from California. 

Mr. ISSA. Madam Chair, I yield myself 2 minutes. 

Job creation is, rightfully, at the top 

of Americans’ agenda. Americans know 

that as long as the unemployment rate 

stays high, wages are stagnant and 

more than 12.7 million Americans seek 

jobs they cannot find. More than 42 

percent, or nearly 6 million, of those 

Americans have been unemployed for 

more than 6 months. 

Madam Chair, the verdict is in: the 

President’s stimulus plan has failed. 

While costing over $1 trillion and still 

counting, those jobs that were created 

were short, and they too are disappearing. Ultimately, small business 

will create the engine going forward. 


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